2022 Colorado Senate election

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2022 Colorado State Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  

17 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Senate President Fenberg (cropped).jpg John Cooke at 2016 bill signing.jpg
Leader Steve Fenberg John Cooke
(term-limited)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 18th Boulder 13th Greeley
Last election20 seats, 57.81%15 seats, 39.58%
Seats before21 [lower-alpha 1] 14
Seats won2312
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote587,511602,095
Percentage49.05%50.27%
SwingDecrease2.svg 8.76 pp Increase2.svg 10.69 pp
Seats up98
Races won116

2022 Colorado State Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

President of the Senate before election

Steve Fenberg
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Steve Fenberg
Democratic

The 2022 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, along with elections in the State House of Representatives, with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022. [1] Voters in 17 out of the 35 districts of the Colorado Senate elected their representative for a four-year term. [2] It coincided with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.

Contents

Democrats gained two seats increasing their majority to 23 out of 35 seats, with one seat shy of an outright supermajority. [3] Despite winning a majority of the votes cast, the Republican Party only won 6 of the 17 seats up for election.

Background

In the previous state Senate election (2020), the Democrats increased their majority to five seats. In August 2022, Republican Sen. Kevin Priola announced he was changing his party affiliation to Democratic. [4] Therefore, for Democrats to lose their absolute majority in the Senate in this election, Republicans and other parties needed to gain at least four more seats.

This was the first election with the districts drawn based on the 2020 census. [5] Due to this, some districts did not have incumbents, as they chose to run in other districts that were not up for election in 2022.

Incumbents not seeking re-election

One Democratic and four Republican incumbents were term-limited and prohibited from seeking a consecutive third term. Under the laws for the state Senate, for terms to be considered non-consecutive, there needs to be a gap of at least four years between them. [2]

Democrats

Republicans

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6] Likely DMay 19, 2022

Results

Popular vote
Republican
50.27%
Democratic
49.06%
Other
0.67%
Senate seats
Democratic
65.71%
Republican
34.29%
District Incumbent PartyElectedParty
1 Jerry Sonnenberg Rep Byron Pelton Rep
3 Nick Hinrichsen Dem Nick Hinrichsen Dem
4 Jim Smallwood Rep Mark Baisley Rep
7 Ray Scott Rep Janice Rich Rep
8 Bob Rankin Rep Dylan Roberts Dem
9 Paul Lundeen Rep Paul Lundeen Rep
11 Pete Lee Dem Tony Exum Dem
Dennis Hisey Rep
15 Rob Woodward Rep Janice Marchman Dem
20 Rachael Zenzinger Dem Lisa A. Cutter Dem
22 Jessie Danielson Dem Jessie Danielson Dem
Brittany Pettersen
24 No incumbent Kyle Mullica Dem
25 Faith Winter Dem Faith Winter Dem
27 Chris Kolker Dem Tom Sullivan Dem
30 Kevin Van Winkle Rep Kevin Van Winkle Rep
32 Robert Rodriguez Dem Robert Rodriguez Dem
34 Julie Gonzales Dem Julie Gonzales Dem
35 Cleave Simpson Rep Rod Pelton Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Italics - Incumbent redistricted to different district

Bold - gain

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 15, 1.2% gain
  2. District 3, 2.58%
  3. District 11, 5.46% gain
  4. District 30, 7.64%
  5. District 27, 9.78%

Detailed results

District 1District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 9District 11District 13District 15District 16District 20District 22District 24District 30District 32District 34

District 1

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Byron Pelton 23,142 100.0
Total votes23,142 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 1st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Byron Pelton 53,199 100%
Total votes53,199 100%
Republican hold

District 3

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Hinrichsen (incumbent) 15,560 100.0
Total votes15,560 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Varela 13,130 100.0
Total votes13,130 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 3rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Hinrichsen (incumbent) 33,795 51.29%
Republican Stephen Varela32,09048.71%
Total votes65,885 100%
Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Ravage 13,811 100.0
Total votes13,811 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Baisley 26,887 100.0
Total votes26,887 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 4th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Baisley 55,595 60.84%
Democratic Jeff Ravage35,78939.16%
Total votes91,384 100%
Republican hold

District 7

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Janice Rich 28,026 100.0
Total votes28,026 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Stahlke 8,694 100.0
Total votes8,694 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 7th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Janice Rich 52,696 70.06%
Democratic David Stahlke22,52029.94%
Total votes75,216 100%
Republican hold

District 8

Republican Primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Solomon 13,492 100.0
Total votes13,492 100.0
Democratic Primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dylan Roberts 12,661 100.0
Total votes12,661 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 8th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dylan Roberts 40,765 55.70
Republican Matt Solomon32,42744.30
Total votes73,192 100.00%

District 9

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arik Dougherty 10,968 100.0
Total votes10,968 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 15,385 69.7
Republican Lynda Zamora Wilson6,67530.3
Total votes22,060 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 9th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 50,266 62.31
Democratic Arik Dougherty28,32735.12
Libertarian Stephen Darnell2,0752.57
Total votes80,668 100.00%

District 11

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tony Exum 3,990 54.6
Democratic Yolanda L. Avila3,31845.4
Total votes7,308 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Hisey (incumbent) 8,946 100.0
Total votes8,946 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 11th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tony Exum 20,258 49.94
Republican Dennis Hisey (incumbent)18,04244.48
Libertarian Daryl Kuiper2,2645.58
Total votes40,564 100.00

District 15

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janice Marchman 16,593 100.0
Total votes16,593 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rob Woodward (incumbent) 19,942 100.0
Total votes19,942 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 15th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rob Woodward (incumbent)42,05449.4
Democratic Janice Marchman43,06850.6
Total votes85,122 100

District 20

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Cutter 17,450 100.0
Total votes17,450 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Walsh 17,691 100.0
Total votes17,691 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 20th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Cutter
Republican Tim Walsh
Total votes

District 22

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jessie Danielson (incumbent) 16,478 100.0
Total votes16,478 100.0
Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Colby Drechsel 10,257 100.0
Total votes10,257 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 22nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jessie Danielson (incumbent)
Republican Colby Drechsel
Total votes

District 24

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Courtney Potter 9,642 100.0
Total votes9,642 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyle Mullica 11,499 100.0
Total votes11,499 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 24th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyle Mullica
Republican Courtney Potter
Total votes

District 25

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Melody Peotter 12,038 100.0
Total votes12,038 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Faith Winter (incumbent) 16,842 100.0
Total votes16,842 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 25th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Faith Winter (incumbent)43,43561.49
Republican Melody Peotter23,20738.51
Total votes66,642 100.0

District 27

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Kim 8,129 70.2
Republican JulieMarie A. Shepherd Macklin3,44729.8
Total votes11,576 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Sullivan 13,209 100.0
Total votes13,209 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 27th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Sullivan
Republican Tom Kim
Total votes

District 30

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Van Winkle (incumbent) 19,925 100.0
Total votes19,925 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Braeden Miguel 13,290 100.0
Total votes13,290 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 30th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Van Winkle (incumbent)46,75153.82
Democratic Braeden Miguel40,12246.18
Total votes86,873 100.00

District 32

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dean Flanders 5,520 100.0
Total votes5,520 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Rodriguez (incumbent) 18,157 100.0
Total votes18,157 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 32nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Rodriguez (incumbent)
Republican Dean Flanders
Total votes

District 34

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julie Gonzales (incumbent) 17,279 100.0
Total votes17,279 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 34th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julie Gonzales (incumbent) 100.0
Total votes100.0

District 35

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rod Pelton 29,062 100.0
Total votes29,062 100.0
Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Travis Nelson 8,691 100.0
Total votes8,691 100.0
2022 Colorado Senate election, 35th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Travis Nelson
Republican Rod Pelton
Total votes

Footnotes

  1. State Senator Kevin Priola switched parties in 2021 after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

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